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Description
Engagement rate
Engagement rate measures how much users interact with your app.
Weekly active users (WAU)
WAU measures the number of unique users who engage with your app over the course of a week.
Target audience
Engagement rate
App owners, marketers, and product managers
Weekly active users (WAU)
App owners, marketers, and product managers
Benefits
Engagement rate

• Reflects the quality and relevance of your app
• Provides an insight into user behavior – what do they value most?
• Highlights opportunities to improve retention and grow revenue

Weekly active users (WAU)

• Shows app “stickiness” – whether users want to engage with your app regularly
• Helps you gauge user engagement and identify revenue opportunities
• Indicates the overall success of your app

How to calculate
Engagement rate
Engagement rate takes into account various metrics such as active users, app opens, session length, session intervals, behavior flow, conversion, communication, and retention rates.
Weekly active users (WAU)
Total number of unique active users who meet your defined "active" criteria and interacted with your app in a set seven-day period
How to improve it?
Engagement rate

• Optimize your onboarding strategy so users understand the true value of your app
• Engage and re-engage users through multiple channels: push notifications, in-app notifications, emails, and SMS
• Use deep links for a seamless user experience

Weekly active users (WAU)

• Optimize your onboarding strategy so users understand the true value of your app
• Engage and re-engage users through multiple channels: push notifications, in-app notifications, emails, and SMS
• Use deep links for a seamless user experience

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Weekly active users (WAU)

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